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i need help please

Jackson1994
Community Member

is there anybody there

i need some help i cant cope with this anymore please help

- jackson

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Today is day one of team leadering

Jackson1994
Community Member

Me in the first day of my role: *working as directed*
Everyone: are we working from home tomorrow

do I go home

are we working from home

are we cancelling our services

what do I need to take to work from home

has a decision been reached yet

Me: Continue as normal until told otherwise

Evrryone: but why? when will we be told?

Me: *headphones in*

Don’t want to come across as a bad attitude kind of person but leave me alone I do not have the answer

CMF
Blue Voices Member
Blue Voices Member
Hi J,

Firstly, you re not garbage, you re human. Secondly, work situation, just keep telling them they'll know as soon as you know.

It's crazy, supermarket shelves empty, talk of lockdown. Who would have guessed on such a beautiful sunny day all this is happening. It's a little surreal.

Cmf x

Jackson1994
Community Member
The whole focus at work today was whether or not we pack up and go home. All today it was just meeting after meeting. You want to carry on as normal to keep continuity but kind of getting to a point where you can’t now. I’m directed by the coordinator who is directed by the manager I do not have the answers people don’t look at me. I’m just the messenger for this situation.

But we got our first crawl on all 4s today!!

Then despite H’s strict instructions fell asleep at 4:30 and after 2 hours wide awake in his cot while I read the same book 18 times he is finally asleep

Han most likely will not have a job when she returns from mat leave, they are still in talks but I think it’s highly unlikely...

Great.

Im so angry and upset.

She is devastated.

CMF
Blue Voices Member
Blue Voices Member
Hey,

That sucks, Sorry to hear it. Gee it's tough times, I guess the only thing to do is start looking around. When I is she due to go back?

July

😔

We don’t know what’s going on, nobody does so taking it day by day. Unfortunately the small businesses are often one of the first few to take a hit in times like these. I know, people have it a lot worse, we are very lucky in our town, where we live there is a very large aged population and a small but well stocked local supermarket where the owners know who the locals are and is looking out for them, but the bigger chains just out of our town are being swarmed.
We couldn’t find nappies in our fortnightly shop at one of the big ones, local supermarket owner saw H come in looking and put a pack aside when the delivery came in. We have cloth if it all goes downhill. Local cafes and small retails shops are quiet. Need to try and keep it local.

H is pretty upset with the news today so I made dinner, ran her bath and did W’s bedtime. It will be ok. During times of uncertainty like this there is one thing I know, and that is that we will be ok. We will come out the other side of this. The sun will come up tomorrow. Tomorrow is a new day, and H and I can start to work out what’s next work wise.

And I will be working from home in the meantime... attending the office part time.

You know that video of the dad on a video call and the kid wanders in behind him and starts dancing, then the younger one rolls in a walker?

First time working from home and wow, that is reality. We had to baby gate just near the room I’m using as in office because it’s got a sliding door and W kept sliding it open and coming in and getting into everything, he never goes in this room but because I’m in here he’s found there’s cupboards full of new things including toys we got given for Christmas and haven’t got around to rotating all the old ones out yet because attachments.... I was on facetime with my boss and he started screaming because he found one of those steering wheel car toys.

Jackson1994
Community Member
And now my step dad, also at risk of being made redundant, from a job he has worked incredibly hard for his entire life and does a bloody good job at. I’m so angry at the world right now.